[meteorite-list] Perseids.

From: Rob Holcomb <rob.holcomb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:36:54 -0700
Message-ID: <22232F1B39E04CCB85E3EBF00E14B37C_at_ATTHEFARM>

Just thought you all would enjoy this image. You've gotta see this! Great
night photo of the meteor showers, by David A. Harvey, a professional
photographer based in Tucson Arizona.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kYou0sYtaeI/TGUgBSFiZ3I/AAAAAAAABwE/siGQmmSozig/s1600/_MG_6972sum_web.jpg

Rob H.
Meteorite Newbie (anyone want to sponsor me for IMCA membership?)

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From: "Linton Rohr" <lintonius at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 11:19 PM
To: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>; "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids.

> Greg, Michael, List,
> Glad to hear that many of you were able to enjoy the show.
> I spent three days up in the White Mountains, east of Bishop, CA, near the
> Nevada border. The area is home to the Bristlecone Pines - the oldest
> living things, at up to 4,000 years old. Being in the rain shadow of the
> Sierra Nevada, we didn't see a single cloud the whole time. The sky was
> very transparent, and dark enough that we were able to easily see the
> zodiacal light beginning around 3:00 or 3:30. We enjoyed plenty of DSO
> observing early on, when we weren't just sitting back watching for
> meteors. I didn't have a counting device, but I'd estimate we saw about
> 100 before midnight, and another 200 between midnight and 4:00. They
> seemed to be almost equally divided between bright ones with ion trails
> and faint ones without. Of the bright ones, almost half of them had
> persistent trains, visible over 60-90 degrees across the sky. The shorter
> ones probably spanned 10-15 degrees. We had a couple of long "skippers",
> an orange "firework" that seemed to explode and then fall, and even a very
> bright one that might have qualified as a bolide. A great night, all in
> all. One that I'll always remember.
> Linton
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
> To: "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com>
> Cc: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 7:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids.
>
>
>> We had clear skies here in southwest CO. I was out watching starting at
>> about 9 PM. Saw an eyepopper of a meteor at about 9:15. Long tail,
>> orange tint to it. I'm certainly no expert on meteors but sure looked
>> to me like this one made it into dark flight. I've seen a daytime
>> fireball and watched the big one that went over to California a while
>> back at night but the first one I saw last night was by far more
>> spectacular to see. Last night, I also watched several that were
>> multiple pieces of 3 or more traveling side by side. They went pretty
>> much directly overhead going north to south. For the last few years we
>> had clouds during the Persieds. Nice to finally get to watch some of
>> the shower.
>> Mike in CO
>> On Aug 13, 2010, at 6:06 AM, GREG LINDH wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I stayed up all night to watch the Perseids. I laid back on a chaise
>>> lounge, put my IPod on, and looked up. I live in Prescott Valley AZ.
>>> which is about 5100 feet elevation, so the sky was dark and crystal
>>> clear. Well, it's now 5:00 in the morning and the eastern sky is
>>> starting to lighten, so I came in. I counted a total of 183 meteors.
>>> Some were quite brilliant. Also a number of satellites. Nice night.
>>>
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